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Africa
Question | Answer |
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what did west Africa include | Ghana,Mail, Songhai |
what is a mnemonic device for remembering the countries of west Africa | God- Made- Salt |
who participated in Trans- Saharan trade | the empire of ghana |
what was used to transport trade | camel |
gold was traded for what | salt |
ghana was what | the first and developed the trade routes |
how did islam find its way into africa | through the trans-Saharan trade routes |
the Sahara desert was near what | the west african countries |
were taxes placed on trade | yes |
how did mali originate | it broke away from ghana |
who founded mali | sundiata keita |
where was the first main place of the Islamic religion | north africa |
what were the people of mali | farmers using the slash and burn system |
a powerful devoted rich Muslim king | mansa musa |
how did mansa musa make a name for mali | on his great grand pilgrimage to mecca where he gave out gold everywhere and took skilled people back to help develop Timbuktu |
what was timbuktu | the capital a center of trade and learning brought lots of Islamic scholars spreading the ideas of Africa |
what happened to the empire of mail after mansa musa died | it was attacked by berbers |
former mali expansion and conquest along the niger river | songhai |
songhai controlled the what | salt and gold trade |